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Near Death Experiences

In volume 4 of Special's DPPt arc, Platinum actually has a near death experience when she sinks in the Great Marsh's bog before being rescued by Chimler. It made me realize how everyone in this series seems to brush off death as if it was nothing. No real trauma or whatever. I wouldn't be surprised if they did that whole "walking away from the explosion and not turning back" thing. What's up with that?

"14 year old Hilda is a Pokemon Trainer with a secret: she can talk to Pokemon. After setting off into Unova, she gets involved in the affairs of Team Plasma and becomes acquainted with N, a mysterious guy her age. He may possess the exact same abilities as her but his views couldn't be more different. As her team grows in strength, numbers and bonds, Hilda finds a tangled web of mystery weaving around her and a daunting fate that she can't ever turn her back on..."

Yes, as Pokemon are dangerous and there are always risks posed to a trainer, I'm sure in any Pokemon universe humanity as a whole is slightly more desensitized to the possibility of injury or death.

Also, adrenaline can override any sense of reason. It's possible that Platinum never stopped to think "Wow, I almost died!" or maybe she did and we never see it. A Near-Death Experience and the emotional fallout can provide a chance to expand (or even change) a character's personality, and having Platinum go through that would have been interesting.

Yes, as Pokemon are dangerous and there are always risks posed to a trainer, I'm sure in any Pokemon universe humanity as a whole is slightly more desensitized to the possibility of injury or death.

Except for the anime, where nothing will happen to you even when you are sent flying for miles. xD

In the GSC-arc, there was also the thing with Gold and Silver only kept alive by Entei's flames after their battle against the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. Near death experiences seem to be something very "normal" in the Adventures-universe. Well, of course some emotinal reaction from a character after a near death experience would be very interesting, but I guess there's just not enough space for things like that. After all, Adventures has to follow the storyline of the games and an emotional fallout would just put the pace to a pause.

Even worse: They were conscious and aware* while petrified. I can't even imagine what THAT would feel like.

* = At least Silver was. It's vague on whether or not the other four were.

I can say that, for being petrified for so long, they my might have gotten over it after sitting there for thinking about "Oh no! I'm petrified! And stuck here...For a long...time......What now?Well I'm petrified......"

IE, The surprise and scaredness of being petrified may have died down after a while. xD

Even worse: They were conscious and aware* while petrified. I can't even imagine what THAT would feel like.

* = At least Silver was. It's vague on whether or not the other four were.

Oh jeez, I forgot about that! Yikes, talk about horrifying....

As for the other four, I'm pretty sure Yellow can be an exception to this, since she was asleep and all. Red was clueless too, so he's out. Green and Blue were too focused on Guile and the rampaging Pokemon to bring it up...so yea. Let's just hope they were lucky and not conscious during all that so I can sleep easier at night.

Poor Silver though. I don't know what I should feel sorry for; his statue breaking, or him going through 2 months as a lifeless observer thinking that he would stay like that forever if not for Prof. Oak knowing about Jirachi. Crap, it's like standing between a rock and a hard place. Either way, you're screwed.

It's not a real near death experience but Lance vs Yellow comes to mind. That poor girl probably saw the angel of death at least three times in that battle with how overly powered Lance's Dragons were and he could heal them as well. Only through plot armor did Yellow make it out of that fight alive. That's one example of plot armor Ill take.

Moon/Glovehead Berlitz! Make it a reality for a Berlitz reunion celebration!

It's not a real near death experience but Lance vs Yellow comes to mind. That poor girl probably saw the angel of death at least three times in that battle with how overly powered Lance's Dragons were and he could heal them as well. Only through plot armor did Yellow make it out of that fight alive. That's one example of plot armor Ill take.